The PSOE en bloc condemns the attack on the former socialist mayor of Ponferrada and asks the PP for the same

He will initiate legal actions so that the aggressors "pay for their clearly fascist acts and ideological hatred"

MADRID, 11 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The PSOE as a whole has condemned the attack that the former socialist mayor of Ponferrada, Olegario Ramón, suffered this Thursday in the middle of the street by protesters who were waiting for him outside the party headquarters in the Leonese city.

In the videos released by the PSOE of Ponferrada, one of the protesters, who were carrying Spanish flags, attacked Olegario Ramón, kicking him several times and struggling with the politician, while also receiving insults.

The Federal Executive Commission of the PSOE has condemned the attack by two individuals who "participated in the far-right rally that takes place daily" in front of the headquarters, reiterating that the socialists have been denouncing the "harassment" of their headquarters for months. , to elected officials and activists in Spain.

"The daily accusations made by the extreme right and its related pseudo-media have ended up leading to a physical attack this afternoon, but there are already hundreds of graffiti on the headquarters, breaking of windows and insults to the people who access the houses of the people," the PSOE wrote in a statement on the social network X, collected by Europa Press.

Thus, the party has warned that it will initiate "all legal actions" at its disposal to make the aggressors pay for their "clearly fascist and ideologically hateful" acts. Likewise, the party has indicated that it expects "for the first time" a clear and forceful condemnation from the Popular Party "in the face of these events that take us back to dark times that this country had left behind."

After this event, there have been numerous socialists who have shown their rejection on social networks. The PSOE spokesperson, Esther Peña, has sent her support to Olegario Ramón and recalled that the party has been denouncing the case for months. "Also in Burgos. The daily accusations made by the right and their related pseudo-media have ended in a physical attack today. Not like that," she pointed out.

The socialist spokesperson in Congress, Patxi López, has also highlighted that "it is not the first time that this has happened" and that "there are those who go up to the stands and turn their frustration into rage, and hate speeches that fuel the violence that a few madmen exercise against the socialists". "Democrats cannot allow it," he said in his writing in X.

For his part, the former president of the Senate Ander Gil has described this fact as "despicable" and has sent his love and support to his party colleague. "Hate speech has consequences. Enough is enough," he added.

The Secretary of Organization of the PSOE, Santos Cerdán, has also denounced that "the poison that some pour on the lecterns turns into violence in the streets." "We have been warning about this for a long time. Intolerable," he wrote on social media.

The Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Óscar Puente, has denounced that "this is what they are promoting in this country." "On a daily and constant basis", and he recalled at the same time that it is a "crime of attack" with up to four years in prison. "I hope that justice acts with all force," he said.

The vice president of Congress, Alfonso Gómez de Celis, has expressed himself in the same way, pointing out that the "hatred of the extreme right takes to the streets and in front of our headquarters is the germ of this violence." "They attack us for our ideas," he stated in X, at the same time showing the most absolute rejection of him and his support for Olegario Ramón.

Furthermore, he has stressed that the PSOE expects a forceful condemnation from the PP. "That which he has not yet been able to do," he reproached.

For his part, the general secretary of the PSOE of Castilla y León, Luis Tudanca, has conveyed his love, affection and support to his colleague. "It is heartbreaking to see how the fire of hatred that some fuel spreads to every corner. They did not silence us. They will not silence us. There are more of us democrats fighting for coexistence and respect," he claimed on his social network profile.